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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Three cases for Africa 
Sourcing from developing countries is a given for multinational companies, but with the pressure to maintain sustainable procurement policies, purchasing professionals must treat such regions with care.
09:06, 22 Oct, 2008
Mark Selawry - Five star service
When you have just gone through a $26bn takeover, $21bn of which is debt, cost management takes on a whole new level of intensity, as Hilton International’s Mark Selawry tells David Rae.
09:51, 22 Oct, 2008
Number crunching
Despite its reputation as a dark art lurking in the shadows of procurement, the time has finally come to embrace cost modelling. But it takes a lot of effort and dedication to get right, explains Malcolm Wheatley.
10:26, 22 Oct, 2008
Not so Far East
Competitive prices, shorter delivery times and a region that remains largely unscathed by the global economic slowdown – just three reasons why Eastern Europe is mounting an ever-more impressive challenge to South Asia’s current dominance as the sourcing location of choice.
09:17, 22 Oct, 2008
Delivering results
The logistics industry offers an excellent hunting ground for environmental improvements, with two of the world’s largest players involved in innovative sustainability projects, writes Alexandra Cain.
08:56, 22 Oct, 2008
Moves: De Vries doubles Dutch role
On the move in the procurement world...
09:25, 22 Oct, 2008
A safe pair of hands
Unless you've been living on the moon, you might have noticed that the financial markets have taken a turn for the worse since the last issue of Procurement Leaders hit your desk. Of course, that's putting it mildly – Alistair Darling, the British chancellor of the Exchequer, probably put it most accurately when he said the economic outlook was the worst it's been for 60 years.
11:08, 22 Oct, 2008
Team Players
When it comes to the bottom line, procurement and finance are inextricably linked. But there is often a disconnect over their relative roles and responsibilities – something both parties must address in order to unlock true value, writes David Rae.
10:11, 22 Oct, 2008
Tapping old conflicts
Companies relying on Russian vendors face an uncomfortable winter as the fallout from a cooling in relations has highlighted the west's increasing dependency on Russian supply chains, writes Richard Edwards.
17:31, 21 Oct, 2008
No margin for error
Having spent 11 years as CPO of Dell, Martin Garvin says relationships and mutual respect got him through the bad times – and good.
16:53, 21 Oct, 2008
In the eye of the storm
Banks are at the centre of one of the most turbulent economic times in history. How is financial services procurement coping?
16:47, 21 Oct, 2008
Chemical reaction
The link between a scented candle and an ink-jet cartridge are not immediately obvious, but they are both products whose European importers may be affected by a seemingly innocuous piece of legislation that comes into force on 1 December 2008, writes Malcolm Wheatley.
17:39, 21 Oct, 2008
Back to black
Once synonymous with global warning, coal is enjoying a comeback – and Vattenfall CPO Stephan Biesenbach is playing a key role, writes Richard Edwards.
17:28, 21 Oct, 2008
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